Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cardiopexy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-diopexy
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fixing in place of the heart by means of a ligature

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Total fundoplication and cardiopexy were performed as described by D'Netto et al ."

Etymology

From cardio- + -pexy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cardio
Suffix: pexy

Usage

Inflected Forms

cardiopexies (plural)

Questions

What does cardiopexy mean?: The fixing in place of the heart by means of a ligature
Where does cardiopexy come from?: From cardio- + -pexy.

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